Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games
Qualification
	Men	Women
	58 kg	49 kg
	68 kg	57 kg
	80 kg	67 kg
	+80 kg	+67 kg
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A total of 109 taekwondo athletes will qualify to compete at the games. The top twelve athletes, along with the host nation per weight category, excluding the women's +67 kg (which will qualify only 8 athletes) will qualify at qualification tournament in March 2015. A further nine wildcards (five male, four female) will be distributed by the Pan American Taekwondo Union, to countries which did not qualify any athletes in the qualification tournament.^[1] Only five nations did qualify any athletes, which allowed for four countries to receive an additional quota through a wildcard.^[2][3]

Event	Date	Venue
2015 Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament[4]	March 11–12	Aguascalientes

NOC	Men				Women				Total
	58 kg	68 kg	80 kg	+80 kg	49 kg	57 kg	67 kg	+67 kg
Argentina	X		X	X		X	X		5
Aruba	X				X				2
Brazil	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Canada	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Chile		X	X	X		X	X		5
Colombia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Costa Rica							X		1
Cuba		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Dominican Republic	X		X	X	X	X		X	6
Ecuador	X						X		2
El Salvador						X			1
Guatemala	X	X	X		X	X			5
Haiti							X		1
Honduras			X				X	X	3
Jamaica				X	X				2
Mexico	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Nicaragua	X		X						2
Panama	X					X			2
Paraguay	X								1
Peru	X				X	X			3
Puerto Rico	X	X	X		X		X	X	6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			X						1
Suriname		X							1
Trinidad and Tobago		X							1
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Uruguay		X		X		X			3
Venezuela	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		7
Virgin Islands				X				X	2
Total: 28 NOCs	16	13	15	13	13	15	14	10	109

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	12	Argentina  Aruba  Brazil  Colombia  Dominican Republic  Guatemala  Mexico  Nicaragua  Peru  Puerto Rico  United States  Venezuela
Wildcard	3	Ecuador  Panama  Paraguay
TOTAL	16

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	12	Brazil  Chile  Colombia  Cuba  Guatemala  Mexico  Puerto Rico  Suriname  Trinidad and Tobago  United States  Uruguay  Venezuela
TOTAL	13

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	12	Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Colombia  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Guatemala  Honduras  Mexico  Puerto Rico  United States  Venezuela
Wildcard	2	Nicaragua  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
TOTAL	15

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	12	Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Colombia  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Jamaica  Mexico  United States  Uruguay  Venezuela  Virgin Islands
TOTAL	13

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	11	Argentina  Aruba  Brazil  Colombia  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Guatemala  Jamaica  Mexico  Peru  Puerto Rico  United States
Wildcard	1	Venezuela
TOTAL	13

• The Argentinian athlete tested positive for doping, and Venezuela was given a wildcard to replace her.^[5]

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	12	Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Colombia  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Guatemala  Mexico  Panama  Peru  United States  Venezuela
Wildcard	1	El Salvador  Uruguay
TOTAL	15

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	12	Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Colombia  Costa Rica  Cuba  Ecuador  Honduras  Mexico  Puerto Rico  United States  Venezuela
Wildcard	2 1	Bolivia  Haiti
TOTAL	14

• The Bolivian athlete was murdered and thus the nation decided to not use the wildcard spot.

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	8	Brazil  Colombia  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Honduras  Mexico  Puerto Rico  United States
Wildcard	1	Virgin Islands
TOTAL	10